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Out of the Bunker

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Ellie Kemper stars in the delightfully bizarre series “Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt”.

With the weather warming up and the sun starting to shine again, it’s the perfect time to go outside and enjoy nature. Or, an even better thought: stay inside and watch Netflix.

The streaming site offered viewers Friday a fresh season of “The Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt” to suck viewers in.

It’s the show’s second season, which Netflix promises to be thirteen episodes more.

Ellie Kemper returns as the titular character in a fierce comedic endeavor. “Kimmy Schmidt” is a smart comedy that thrills in every line.

For those who watched season one, the next season is a must watch. For those who have not seen the first season, you need to put on your headphones, log into Netflix and not see the light of day until you catch up.

The basic premise follows Kimmy, a woman who spent fifteen years held captive by a doomsday cult leader in an underground bunker. Once she escapes the bunker, she takes New York City by storm with an optimistic attitude and the education level of an elementary schooler.

While on her adventures, the naïve Kimmy meets fellow misfits in Titus Andromedon and Lillian and Jacqueline Voorhees.

Titus, an offbeat actor with show business dreams, becomes Kimmy’s first roommate. Lilian, the eccentric bag lady, respectively is their landlord. Eventually, Kimmy works as a nanny for Jacqueline, an extremely wealthy New York socialite. The four cast of characters get in a large variety of ridiculous adventures around the city, always keeping the audience on its toes.

The second season of the show has almost too many quotable moments and memorable scenes. My favorite includes Kimmy spouting, “I’m like a biscotti, people act like I’m this sweet cookie, but I’m really this super hard thing that nobody knows what I am or why I am.”

Tina Fey is the comedic queen behind the scenes and in front of the camera who creates, writes, produces and sometimes directs this series. Fey, known for her work on “SNL,” “30 Rock” and more recently “Sisters,” stars in the second season as an alcoholic therapist who parties with Kimmy at night and counsels the girl by day.

We see Fey stumble, fall and hit the whip and nae nae while displaying her talents this season.

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